Paper 3 – Weimar & Nazi Germany 1918 – 1939

Paper 3 – Weimar and Nazi Germany 1918-1939

Weimar and Nazi Germany 1918-1939

Weimar RepublicHitler’s Rise and consolidation of powerNazi ControlLife in Nazi Germany
Weimar Constitution
Treaty of Versailles
Spartacist Uprising**
Kapp Putsch**
Ruhr Crisis
Hyperinflation
Munich Putsch
Von Kahr
Ludendorf
Mussolini
Stresemann
Rentenmark
Reichmark
Dawes Plan
Investment in industry
Locarno Treaty
Kellog-Briand-Pact
Nobel Peace Prize
Cultural changes:
Architecture
Art
Literature
Rise to power:
(OTHER FACTORS)
Wall Street Crash
(Great depression)
Weak Opposition
Fear of Communism
Political Deal
(Hindenburg & Papen)
(OWN ACTIONS)
Promises
(working / middle class)
Leadership
Organisation
Propaganda  

Consolidation of power:
Chancellor
Reichstag Fire
Article 48
Communists
Catholic Centre Party
Social Democrats (SDP)
Enabling Act
One-party state Concordat
Trade Unions banned
Night of the Long Knives
(Cup of T.E.A on S.O.F.A)
Terror:
SS:
General SS
Waffen SS
Death Heads
SD
Gestapo
Law courts
Concentration Camps

Propaganda:
Nuremburg rallies
Olympic Games
Radio
Newspapers
Cinema
Art
Writers

Education
Hitler Youth
League of German
Maidens
Women
Catholic Church
Concordat
Oath of allegiance
Reich Church

Economic benefits:
Unemployment
German Labour Service
Public Works: Autobahns
German Labour Front
Strength through joy
Beauty of Labour
People’s Car
BUT:
Invisible unemployment:
Women & Jews
Rearmament
Low wages

Treatment of minoritires:
Disabled
Homosexuals#
Persecution of the Jews
Nuremburg laws
Kristallnacht**
Ghettos
Final Solution
**The History Podcast Club have produced short revision podcasts for these topics available below

Weimar & Nazi Germany:

What can you infer from source A about..? (4)
  • Make 2 inferences from the source (read between the lines/don’t just re-word!)

I can infer that…

  • Support each inference with Source Detail (SD)

“Quote”

Explain why… (12)
  • Use the 2 bullet points provided and 1 example of your own to…

  • Write 3 x PEEL paragraphs (linking your CK with connectives)

(P) ________ happened for a number of reasons

(E) For example

(E) This led to…because…                      As a result (of this)….

(L) Therefore…. (Link back to the question)                                                  X3

How useful are sources B and C for learning about..?

Identify why the source is useful (in relation to the question) due to:

  • Source detail (SD)

Useful for…. as it says ”______” / implies…

  • Contextual Knowledge (CK)

This reflects the time when…

  • Type, Origin and/or Purpose (TOP)

It’s also useful/limited due to…

What is the main difference between the views in interpretations 1 & 2 about..? (4)
  • Identify the main difference between the interpretations in relation to the question

  • Support this with Source Detail (SD) from each

The key difference between the interpretattions is…

For example, interpretation 1 states “…”

Whereas interpretation 2 states “…”

Give one reason why interpretations 1 & 2 give different views about… (4)
  • Identify why the historian’s interpretations (1 and 2) are different by…

  • Linking them back to sources B and C

They are different because they give more weight to certain sources.

For example, interpretation 1 bases its views on sources such as source __.

This is shown by… “quote” (from the relevant source & interpretation)

Interpretation 2 however bases it view on sources such as source __.

As shown by…. “quote” (from the relevant source & interpretation)

How far do you agree with interpretation 1/2 about..? (16)
  • Agree with one interpretation by….
  • Quoting from the SD and expanding on it with your own CK                x2/3
  • Then Agree with the other interpretation, once again by…
  • Quoting from the SD and expanding on it with your own CK                x2/3
  • Include an overall judgement (balanced, yet decisive) about which interpretation has the strongest argument

On the one hand I agree with interpretation __

For example, it says: “___________________” (SD)

This reflects the time when… (CK)

On the other hand I also agree with interpretation __

For example, it says: “___________________” (SD)

This reflects the time when… (CK)

Overall, although I agree with interpretation __ to a point,

interpretation __ includes the strongest argument because…

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